Children and Gun Violence: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, on S. 1087 a Bill to Amend Title 18, United States Code, to be Prohibit the Possession of a Handgun Or Ammunition By, Or the Private Transfer of a Handgun Or Ammunition To, a Juvenile, Washington, DC, and Milwaukee, WI, June 9, and September 13, 1993, Količina 4

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Stran 106 - In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a "shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length" at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, *ve cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument.
Stran 73 - It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a crime of violence or is a fugitive from justice to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce...
Stran 107 - The second amendment declares that it shall not be infringed ; but this, as has been seen, means no more than that it shall not be infringed by Congress. This is one of the amendments that has no other effect than to restrict the powers of the national government, leaving the people to look for their protection against any violation by their fellow-citizens of the rights it recognizes, to what is called, in The City of New York v.
Stran 106 - L.Ed. 1206 (1939) (the Second Amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm that does not have "some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia"); United States v.
Stran 106 - A body of citizens enrolled for military discipline." And further, that ordinarily when called for service these men were expected to appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of the kind in common use at the time.
Stran 105 - ... reserve militia of the United States as well as of the States; and, in view of this prerogative of the General Government, as well as of its general powers, the States cannot, even laying the constitutional provision in question out of view, prohibit the people from keeping and bearing arms, so as to deprive the United States of their rightful resource for maintaining the public security, and disable the people from performing their duty to the General Government.
Stran 73 - States and local jurisdictions regarding such firearms ; "(6) that there is a causal relationship between the easy availability of firearms and juvenile and youthful criminal behavior, and that firearms have been widely sold by federally licensed importers and dealers to emotionally immature, or thrill-bent juveniles and minors prone to criminal behavior...
Stran 61 - Thank you. [The prepared statement of Senator Biden follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., US SENATOR FROM DELAWARE Madam Secretary, welcome back to the committee.
Stran 105 - We think it clear that the sections under consideration, which only forbid bodies of men to associate together as military organizations, or to drill or parade with arms in cities and towns unless authorized by law, do not infringe the right of the people to keep and bear arms.